Overview

• State officials reported overnight drone activity in Schleswig-Holstein and opened investigations into possible espionage or sabotage.
• Interior Minister Sabine Suetterlin-Waack said the state is in ongoing consultation with Germany’s federal government and the armed forces.
• Authorities pointed to recent incidents in Denmark and other European countries as context for the heightened posture.
• Danish authorities briefed NATO allies that unspecified state actors were behind this week’s incursions that disrupted flights.
• Regional reporting said Schleswig-Holstein police are reinforcing drone defenses in coordination with other northern German states.